Ukraine's 28th Year of Independence

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28th Anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence

Ukraine will celebrate 28 years of independence on Aug. 24. In this special Independence Day issue, the Kyiv Post looks at what the country has …
Kyiv Post

Get lost, Giuliani

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko says ex-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is a “great friend of Ukraine.” That’s what he told a Kyiv Post journalist on the …
Kyiv Post

Ukraine at 28

Congratulations, Ukraine! You’re turning 28. You’re no longer a new state, recently born from the ashes of the Soviet Union. You had a troubled …
Kyiv Post

Ukraine to honor heroes on Independence Day

The three-day Independence Day weekend festivities kicks off on Aug. 24. There will be no traditional military parade in Kyiv’s center. President …
Daria Shulzhenko

Why Ukraine’s statehood collapsed 100 years ago

Foreign — particularly Russian — intervention and internal political fighting are nothing new to Ukraine. On a snowy Dec. 14, 1918, Ukrainian …
Oleksiy Sorokin

After 100-year battle, Ukraine wins independent church finally in 2019

This year, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church broke away from Russia, 27 years after Ukraine won independence. But this was not a 27-year battle. Rather, …
Oksana Grytsenko

These new laws strengthen Ukrainian independence

Laws have the power to free and oppress, to advance societies or hold them back. Ukraine has adopted several laws in the last year that lawyers and …
Vyacheslav Hnatyuk

Zelensky takes early steps to bolster nation’s independence

He has only been president since May 20, but in his first few months Volodymyr Zelensky has already taken his first steps to strengthen Ukraine’s …
Vyacheslav Hnatyuk

Ukrainians in Canada recall 1991 independence declaration

EDMONTON, Canada — In June 1991, Tatyana Vorobyova received a ticket that changed her life. Vorobyova, then a 35-year old Soviet citizen, left Kyiv …
Olena Goncharova

A year of ups & downs for Ukraine’s defense

As Ukraine turns 28, its defense and security sector has undergone major changes in leadership to meet the daily grind of Russia’s war. As a result of …
Illia Ponomarenko

Bohdan Nahaylo: How Rukh transformed Ukraine

Next month will mark 30 years since a major event occurred that helped pave the way to Ukraine’s independence and shape its evolution as a modern …
Bohdan Nahaylo

Ukraine still faces obstacles that hinder full independence

As Ukraine heads into its 28th year of independence, many forces still pull on its strings. Some are trying to unravel it. Others say they are trying …
Igor Kossov

Lubomyr Luciuk: Aug. 23, 1939 marks start of Nazi-Soviet agreement

Not many remember what happened today, 80 years ago. Worse, we live in a world populated by scores of propagandists doing their darndest to pretend …
Lubomyr Luciuk

Ukraine’s book industry fighting to stay vibrant

While facing some of the universal challenges of publishing — like piracy and declining reading habits — the Ukrainian book industry has some extra …
Artur Korniienko
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